verb
enorkizamō
Strong’sG3726
I adjure by, charge solemnly by
stem enorkiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἐν-ορκίζω,
[in LXX: Ne 13:25 A (שָׁבַע hi.)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3726 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhor-kid'-zo
to put on oath, i.e. make swear; by analogy, to solemnly enjoin
Fromfrom G3727;
King Jamesadjure, charge.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect future ὁρκιξέω Refs 4th c.BC+, make one swear, administer an oath to a person, τιν; rejected by Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ. ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ἔσται Refs 2nd c.BC+: with double accusative, ὁ. τινὰς ὅρκον Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁ. τινά, with infinitive, LXX; adjure, δαίμονας, with infinitive, LXX+NT+5th c.AD+:—passive, to be sworn, ὡρκισμένοι νόμῳ ἰητρικῷ Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| enorkizamōἐνορκίζω | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | charge | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enorkizamō1×ἐνορκίζω | enorkizame | enorkizami | enorkizama | enorkizamē | enorkizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | enorkizasō | enorkizase | enorkizasi | enorkizasa | enorkizasē | enorkizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enorkizatō | enorkizate | enorkizati | enorkizata | enorkizatē | enorkizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | enorkizanō | enorkizane | enorkizani | enorkizana | enorkizanē | enorkizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enorkizavō | enorkizave | enorkizavi | enorkizava | enorkizavē | enorkizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | enorkizalō | enorkizale | enorkizali | enorkizala | enorkizalē | enorkizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enorkizameiō | enorkizameia | enorkizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | enorkizaseiō | enorkizaseia | enorkizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enorkizateiō | enorkizateia | enorkizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | enorkizaneiō | enorkizaneia | enorkizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | enorkizaveiō | enorkizaveia | enorkizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | enorkizaleiō | enorkizaleia | enorkizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | enorkizasōr | enorkizasar | enorkizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enorkizatōr | enorkizatar | enorkizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | enorkizavōr | enorkizavar | enorkizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | enorkizalōr | enorkizalar | enorkizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | enorkizamoiō | enorkizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | enorkizasoiō | enorkizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | enorkizatoiō | enorkizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | enorkizanoiō | enorkizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | enorkizavoiō | enorkizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | enorkizaloiō | enorkizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | enorkizarō | enorkizari | enorkizara | enorkizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | enorkizarōntos | enorkizarintos | enorkizarantos | enorkizarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
enorkiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
enorkizamō“charge”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×
1 Thessalonians 5:27enorkizamō vin ton kurion anagnōskira tan epistolan …I charge you before the Lord to have …